

In 1944, in a small village in Calvados, just as the Allies landed, a British plane was shot down. The wounded pilot seeks help. All the villagers, who speak only of resistance, refuse to help, for fear of reprisals. Only the mayor, Dr. Leproux, takes him in and nurses him back to health, then entrusts him to the Resistance. But the Germans get wind of the story and arrest Leproux. He is saved by Major Frantz. But the budding friendship between these two men "doesn't stop the drums", and the war is on.
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Cast

Bernard Blier
le docteur Leproux, maire du village

Lucile Saint-Simon
Catherine Leproux, la fille du maire
Lutz Gabor
le major allemand

Daniel Sorano
le Toulousain, un résistant

Anne Doat
Dany, une résistante

Béatrice Bretty
Germaine, la bonne du maire

Henri Virlogeux
le garde-champêtre

Paulette Dubost
la veuve
Catherine Le Couey
Mme Gaspard, l'épicière

Jacques Marin
M. Gaspard, l'épicier

Jacques Chabassol
un résistant
Guy Dakar
un officier de la 2e D.B
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